Port Moody, B.C., will be home to an innovative low-emission hydrogen power plant, according to the three companies behind a pilot project slated to start construction late next year.

The test project would be the first such plant in B.C., and possibly Canada, to produce what’s known as “turquoise hydrogen,” an almost zero-emission method for capturing and converting methane from burning natural gas. Similar projects exist in Germany and France.

The Port Moody project is now in the planning stage, said a FortisBC Energy spokesperson.

“Hydrogen has a load of potential for British Columbia,” said Sean Beardow in a phone interview Monday. “It’s potentially